Those lost grants would affect the work and livelihood of about 12,000 researchers and graduate students, the White House said.

The cuts could affect some basic research into complex data analysis and advanced computing the White House hopes will make government more efficient in the future. Medicare officials, for example, are using new data analysis tools to better spot fraud before benefits checks go out rather than spending more to chase improperly paid checks.

In other news related to scientific research, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a memorandum on Friday directing agencies that spend more than $100 million annually on research and development to create plans to make that research publicly available within one year of its publication.

The White House announced the policy change in response to a petition on its We the People website asking the government to “Require free access over the Internet to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research.”

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Joseph Marks covers cybersecurity for Nextgov. He previously covered cybersecurity for Politico, intellectual property for Bloomberg BNA and federal litigation for Law360. He covered government technology for Nextgov during an earlier stint at the publication and began his career at Midwestern newspapers covering everything under the sun. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and a master’s in international affairs from Georgetown University.

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